Chapter 480

Chapter 480

If this group of level six beasts had infiltrated a normal village, given their strength and cruel nature, a disaster sufficient to annihilate the entire village would be inevitable.

Level six beasts are already powerful creatures rarely seen even in the outskirts of the Black Forest, let alone a whole group of them. To ordinary people, they are no different from roadside weeds.

But they were unlucky. While wandering aimlessly like headless flies, they accidentally entered the territory of the Blue Star Pet Shop.

To ensure the safety of the pet shop, Fa Meng had initially set her domain range quite far, even including the Black Forest outposts under her surveillance.

Although there was some suspicion of privacy invasion, Lorant had no intention of correcting it.

If possible, he would have liked to monitor everything within a radius of five hundred miles, ensuring that any crisis was eliminated far from his family.

So, when the group of beasts entered Fa Meng's domain, it immediately caught the attention of the domain's owner.

Fa Meng naturally sensed the presence of some dirty intruders in her domain. After informing Lorant, she was about to crush them when Lorant stopped her.

"Control these creatures and let the children of Blue Star have some fun," Lorant said upon learning that the intruders were just a group of level six beasts.

These beings, which were seen as invincible by outsiders, no longer held any significance in Lorant's eyes.

They had even reached the point of being used as toys for the young beast pets.

In the pet shop, although there are fixed hunting courses for these young beast pets, capturing live beasts is not an easy task, especially those suitable for training Grade B and Grade C combat-type beast pets.

Level one and two beasts are completely ineffective against most beast pets, except for a few like beast pet Slimes and little ghosts. All other beast pets, even in their infancy, can easily crush these beasts with a single swipe.

Level three and four beasts can only handle some newly born Grade B beast pets, but once they grow a bit, these beasts no longer pose a challenge.

To provide Grade B beast pets with sufficient opportunities to hone their combat skills, the beasts captured for training must be at least level five.

Capturing live beasts of this level is quite challenging.

Blue Star now has its own hunting team, which continuously captures various live beasts needed by Lorant. There is also a dedicated beast breeding farm within the Blue Star territory to breed live beasts for beast pet reproduction.

However, the hunting team targets specific beasts for capture and rarely wastes effort on capturing live beasts not needed for breeding. Unless the beasts in the breeding factories are no longer suitable for reproduction, they are not easily given to the young beast pets for combat practice.

Even for Lorant, handing over live beasts still capable of breeding to these little ones for hunting practice is too extravagant.

Taking these little ones into the Black Forest is somewhat risky due to the potential danger and the deterrent effect of adult beast pets.

Without sufficient adult beast pets, ensuring the safety of the young beast pets is challenging. With too many adult beast pets, the unconscious pressure they emit would deter other beasts from approaching.

After all, beasts do not lose their rationality when facing beast pets as they do with humans. They weigh the pros and cons and only engage in combat when appropriate, choosing to avoid confrontation when the situation is unfavorable.

In some cases, entering the Black Forest with adult beast pets might not even lead to encountering many beasts.

Therefore, this is also not a good solution.

This leads to the young beast pets in the Blue Star Pet Shop having very few opportunities for real combat.

Only when they reach sub-adulthood and enter the Blue Star territory can these beast pets have sufficient combat opportunities.

Therefore, these naturally aggressive beast pets in Blue Star eagerly await every rare opportunity for real combat.

For this reason, Lorant felt a bit of sympathy for this group of beasts that had traveled all the way from the Black Forest to deliver themselves as prey.

Decided to let these creatures live a few more minutes.

Guided by Fa Meng, seven level-six beasts slowly emerged from underground into the activity areas designated for various beast pets in the beast pet shop.

Lorant had initially planned for Fa Meng to separate the beasts and send them directly to each beast pet.

One for the Windbreaking Horses, one for the Wingless Flywheel, one for the Shadowstrike Cat, one for the Candy Rabbit, one for the Mushroom Growers, and the remaining two to be placed in the activity area of the Glassy Ice Flame Dogs for them to play with.

After all, level-six beasts are little more than big toys for a group of Grade B beast pets, even if they’re just cubs.

Lorant still valued these free sparring partners that had come to his doorstep, thinking of distributing them as reasonably as possible so that his little ones could each have a turn.

However, good intentions don’t always translate well into practice.

Fa Meng manipulated the soil beneath the beast pet shop, quietly redirecting the paths of these beasts. But before they could be separated and sent off as playthings, these oblivious intruders accidentally triggered the warning mushrooms buried underground by the Mushroom Growers.

As a territorial beast pet, Mushroom Growers have a generally good temperament, getting along well with other beast pets, and are a favorite type among Taya and others.

But they also have their own territorial defense instincts.

These little ones regard the activity room and the nearby greenhouse at the edge of the beast pet shop, used to test their abilities, as their territory, naturally setting up defensive facilities around it.

Some of the mushrooms they cultivate are special varieties that only Mushroom Growers can use.

The mage team will collect some of these mushrooms for research, with the Mushroom Growers' permission, but most are left for these little collectors to keep.

For Mushroom Growers, even if they don’t use these mushrooms, simply filling their nests with them is satisfying enough.

Of course, using mushrooms is instinctual for them, part of their abilities, such as planting a ring of inconspicuous yet effective monitoring mushrooms around their territory.

Once the group of beasts entered the Mushroom Growers' monitoring range, the guarding Mushroom Grower promptly alerted their leader.

Excited, Xiao Lv commanded all the Mushroom Growers capable of quick movement to take action.

Noticing this, Lorant chose not to have Fa Meng intervene in the Mushroom Growers' actions. He was curious to see what these little ones would do next and how far they could push themselves.

Lorant still hadn’t decided whether to classify Mushroom Growers as combat-type or support-type beast pets. Now was a good time to observe their performance.

So Fa Meng, while projecting the Mushroom Growers' actions onto a screen for Lorant to observe, discreetly controlled the area, quietly sending any stray Curry Monsters or Spitroots to safe places.

Despite their frail appearance, the Mushroom Growers are surprisingly strong.

Led by Xiao Lv, each Mushroom Grower ran back to their nests, carrying large bags of mushrooms, and marched in a grand procession to the intruders' location.

The headless worms weren’t fast. By the time the Mushroom Growers discovered them, prepared, and arrived, the worms hadn’t gone far. As a result, Xiao Lv and his team easily located these big guys.

What happened next genuinely surprised Lorant.

The little ones carefully placed the mushrooms on the ground, then sat cross-legged before them, hands clasped, murmuring something to the mushrooms with an air of reverence.

This ritual is essential for Mushroom Growers when using their special mushrooms, a process Lorant is well-acquainted with.

But what followed was unfamiliar to him.

The unassuming mushrooms, spurred by the Mushroom Growers' murmurs, began to rotate slowly on the ground, gradually picking up speed.

In an instant, they whipped up a small whirlwind. The Mushroom Growers, like primitive tribespeople witnessing their prayers answered, leapt up and danced joyfully on the spot.

The spinning mushrooms went faster and faster, even producing a whistling sound, and finally, at their maximum speed, they drilled fiercely into the ground below with a force from who knows where.

In the blink of an eye, a tunnel as wide as the mushroom cap but quite deep was forcefully 'bored' out by what initially seemed like an ordinary mushroom.

This is the power of one of the special mushrooms cultivated by the Mushroom Growers, known as the 'Drill Mushroom' (a mushroom capable of creating tunnels with its drill-like properties).

Lorant watched as the Mushroom Growers used their special mushrooms for the first time, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

No matter how you looked at it, the mushroom appeared to be a normal, fragile little mushroom that could be easily crushed! How could it possess such drill-like power?

But that wasn't all.

The Drill Mushroom might seem impressive, but it's really only good for drilling tunnels. If it were to use its impact force against the beasts, it would likely shatter into a pile of mushroom fragments the moment it touched the tough hide of the beasts!

After all, they are still mushrooms at their core, and even a child could easily crush them with a bit of effort.

So, the Mushroom Growers began tossing down a large bag of brightly colored mushrooms one by one.

They had not yet undergone their first combat training as beasts, lacking not only practical experience but even theoretical knowledge.

Thus, they had no clear understanding of the strength or power of the intruder below.

However, sensing the significant energy fluctuations from the beasts and the fact that they were nearing the actual territory of Blue Star, these little ones, gathered at the edge of Blue Star and ready to defend their home, decided to go all out!